bellicosity

English

Etymology

From bellicose +‎ -osity.

Pronunciation

• (non-merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪti/
• (merged vowel) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsəti/

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Noun

bellicosity (countable and uncountable, plural bellicosities)

1. The characteristic of being bellicose.
   • 29 February 2012, Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes[1]

     The timing is intriguing too. Before this news North Korea was all bellicosity and bluster.

Synonyms

• martiality

Translations

characteristic of being bellicose

• Catalan: bel·licositat (ca) f
• Finnish: sotaisuus (fi)
• Galician: belicosidade (gl) f
• Icelandic: stríðsgirni f, stríðsfíkn f, deilugirni f, óeirðarsemi f
• Russian: вои́нственность (ru) f (voínstvennostʹ)
• Spanish: belicosidad f